Ironing board



5. A. NORDVIN Dec. 31, 1929.

IRONING BOARD Filed April 26, 1928 zQ/fOP/Vfk Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNITED STATES ERICK ADOLPH NORDIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IRONING- BOARD Application filed August 26, 1928. Serial No. 272,986.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards and its object primarily is to provide an ironing board having means whereby it may be securely clamped, at one end, to a table or like support and supported, at its opposite end, upon a single standard.

A further object is to provide an ironing board of this class that is positive and eflicient in use, cheap to manufacture and durable.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application for patent and in which- Fig. 1 is a view of the table in side elevation, broken, attached to a support.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the standard that supports the board.

Fig. 8 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 4:.

Like reference characters denote corresponding, parts throughout the several views.

lhe present ironing board is designed for attachment at one end to supports of different heights and to this end it is provided with a supporting standard that is adjustable, this adjustment being accomplished without sacrificing strength in the standard .or at the expense of board stability.

The standard is adapted, further, to fold up against the board when not in use and to be instantly snapped back into operative position foruse. V] hen the board standard is once adjusted to permit the board to be secured to a table or support of a certain height the standard can be instantly snapped from operative to inoperative position and vice versa and in operative position it automatically becomes releasably locked so that a rigid end support for the board is assured during the ironing operation.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the board portion of the ironing board and to the under face thereof at one end an angular bracket 2 is secured by fastening means 3, said bracket carrying a screw clamp 4L adapted to clamp the board into engagement with one end of a table or support 5.

Also secured to the under surface of the board 1 and spaced from the bracket 2 is the three-sided bracket 6, a pin 7 connecting two of the bracket sides and pivotally carrying the standard 8 which is adapted to swing upon said pin toward and away from one side of said bracket between the two integral bracket sides.

The standard 8 is formed with a tapered perforation 9 extending transversely therethrough, said perforation being disposed immediately below the lower end of the said bracket 6 so that a spring latch 10 extending through said perforation 9 is adapted for yielding frictional engagement with said bracket in the operative position of the standard as shown in Fig. 4, said latch at one end being secured by pin 11 to the standard. The bracket-engaging end of the latch 10 is disposed in the enlarged portion of the perforation 9 permitting considerable relative movement of this end of the latch so that it is afforded clearance for engagement with and disen agement from said bracket 6. When the standard is moved away from the bracket 6 into engagement with or toward the board 1 the latch 10 will be withdrawn from engagement with said bracket and when the standard is returned to operative position the latch will be caused to snap into frictional engagement with said bracket, this being due to the specific shape of the free or bracket-engaging end of the latch and the manner in which the latch is secured to the standard.

The standard 8 is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 12 that bifurcates its lower or free end and in said end a post 13 is adjustably secured, said post carrying oppositely disposed guide lugs 14 at one end that ride over the pronged end of the standard whereby to guide said post in its movements and a strap 15 secured to and encompassing the lower end of the standard and the post 13 serves also as a guide for said post, said strap 15 carrying a thumb screw 16 that carries a shoe 17 that bears against one prong of the standard 8 as said screw 16 is moved in one direction whereby said standard and post are locked in adjusted position.

To change the relative adjustment of the post and standard the screw 16 is loosened, the post then moved into the desired relative position with the standard and the screw tightened again.

WVhat is claimed is v In an ironing table, a board, a three-sided bracket secured to the under side thereof, a pin connecting two of the said bracket sides, a standard support for said boardreceived between the pin-connected sides of said bracket and pivotally engaged by said pin, said standard in its pivotal movement riding into and out of engagement With the third side of said bracket, and a spring latch carried by said standard for releasable engagement With the last named side of said bracket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature.

ERICK ADOLPH NORDIN. 

